Drinking

For many years, there has been growing controversy on whether or not the drinking age in the United States should be lowered from 21 years old to 18 years old. Underage drinking has been a major problem in our country for many years now, and alcohol is the most widely used substance among America’s youth. According to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, “ 8.7 million Americans between ages 12-20 report current alcohol consumption; which represents 23% of this age group for whom…

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For my persuasive essay I would discuss my reasoning on why I believe the drinking age should be raised to 25. There are too many incidents involving alcohol and young adults. If the drinking age was 25 it would decrease the chances of engaging in unprotected sex, driving while intoxicated, and overall it would minimize the amount of bad choices made among young adults. The brain isn’t fully mature until the age of 25 which means that the decision making part of our brain isn’t fully developed…

adults. It is possibly due to four main drinking motives that are typically occurring during the twenties. According to previous studies, there are strong positive correlations between Drinking motives and alcohol consumption. In addition to that, there’s strong negative correlation between the usage of Protective Behavioral Strategies and alcohol consumption as well. There are many previous studies that have researched and supported their own hypotheses on drinking motives and the effectiveness…

way. If we are declared adults at 18 we should have the right to decide if we drink or not. The minimum legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 because 18 is the age of adulthood in the United States, you can do everything in the world but you're prohibited to drink, and less laws will be broken because people will be more responsible while making wise choices. The minimum legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 because as an 18 year old you can vote in a public election. At 18 you're…

To be or not to be: Lowering the drinking age to 18 The notion of legal age of drinking refers to the age when it is legal to consume or purchase alcoholic drinks. There are myriad factors that contribute to the determination of drinking age across many countries. These many range from socio-cultural factors, religious factors to economic factors; all of these determinants help the governments across various countries in deciding the appropriate age of drinking. According to International…

consumption of alcohol is the age 21 in the United States. The United States has one of the highest drinking ages in the world. For example, most European countries the legal limit are either 16 or 18 to first drink alcohol. There have been a lot of on going arguments, such as; that the brain is not fully developed until around the age of 21 and that is why we have our limit set that high. Changing the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 would have been effects to this country, some positive and…

The National Minimum Drinking Age Act is a law that prohibits people from purchasing any alcoholic beverage until the age of 21. This law was created in 1984, and told the states that the minimum drinking age should be 21, or they would lose ten percent of their federal highway funding. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act prohibits those under the age of 21 to purchase alcoholic beverage, but it does not prohibit a person under the age of 21 to drink it, as long as he’s accompanied by an…

lowering the drinking age to eighteen. If teenagers in the United States are allowed to vote and join the military at age eighteen they are considered responsible adults then they should be allowed to purchase alcohol. If teenagers in the United States are prohibited to purchase alcohol, they are going to find other ways to purchase and drink alcohol anyways. If eighteen year olds are allowed to purchase tobacco then why shouldn’t they be allowed to purchase alcohol? Lowering the drinking age to…

Nelson, 2010). Over the next decade, drinking, alcohol sales, and the number of car accidents involving alcohol increased exponentially for young adults aged 18 to 20 years (Wechsler & Nelson, 2010). In response to the “unintended health consequence” (Wechsler & Nelson, 2010, p. 986) of a lower drinking age, some states opted to restore the minimum legal drinking age (MDLA) back up to 21. In 1984, President Ronald Regan, in an effort to make the drinking age uniform across the United States,…